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J. MARKOWSKY.

OANDELABRUM No. 593,111. Patented Nov. 2,1897.

UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn.

JOHN MARKOVVSKY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CANDELABRUM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,1 1 1, dated November 2, 1897.

Application filed June 18, 1897. fierial No. 641,886. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, -Jonn MARKOWSKY, a subject of the Czar of Russia,residin g at Philadelphia, (Frankford,) in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candelabra; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventiom'such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make'and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to candelabrums in which provision is made for supporting at different angles the arms which support the candle-holders, so as to produce different effects and in which the candle-holders will always he maintained in a vertical or upright position whatever may be the position of the arm which supports the holders The object of the invention is provide such a construction and arrangement of the arms for holding the candleholders that the number of effects to be produced may be n1ultiplied by arranging the arms so that they may describe different curves as well as different angles at which they may be supported.

It has also for its object to provide improved means'for holding the arms in their various positions and adjustments.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as mayhereinafter appear, the invention consists in the construction and the combination of parts hereinafter particularly described, and then sought to be specifically defined by the claims, reference be ing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a side view of a candelabrum embodying my invention, the arms in full lines indicatingtwo positions in which they may be arranged, so as to describe a compound curve, the arm upon the right and its brace below being partly broken away and in which the dotted lines indicate another position and another arrangement of the arms. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the sup porting-standard,parts being in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section through one of the plates which supports the candleholders and which receives the bars of the arm, to which bars the plates are secured by pivot-pins which pass through the bars and permit the same to be adjusted to different angles and at the same time retain the candleholders in a vertical position. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the upper slotted portion of the supporting-standard. Fig. 5 is a side View of a portion of the bars of one arm,showing them pivoted at one end to the disk or plate by which they are held in the slotted portion of the supporting-standard; and Fig. 6 is a perspective of the double-prong pin which holds the disk or plate in position against rotation.

In the drawings the numeral 1 designates the supportin -standard,which maybe of any appropriate design and which at its upper portion is formed with the opposite vertical slots 2.

The numeral 3 designates two arms, each of which is composed of two parallel curved bars 4, the bars of each arm being secured together by the slotted plates 5 and pivot-pins G. The bars pass through the slots formed in these plates and the pivot-pins 6 permit the bars to be adjusted in the slots at different angles to the supporting-standard, but always parallel with each other, the pivot pins, however causing the plates 5 to always stand in the same relation to the bars,.so that the candleholders 7 which are supported by the plates 5, will always stand in a vertical position. Each plate 5 is provided at both top and bottom with means for receiving the candle holders or sockets 7, so that whether the arm composed of the two bars be placed so as to curve upwardly, as shown by full lines in the left of Fig. l, or curved downwardly, as shown to the right of said figure in full lines or as shown by dotted lines in the same figure, the plates will be adapted to receive the candle sockets or holders.

One means by which the candle sockets or holders may be secured to the plates is illustrated as consisting of a threaded cavity 8 in both the top and bottom of the plate adapted to receive a threaded pin or stem on the under side of the candle socket or holder.

The ends of the two bars constituting each arm next to the supporting-standard 1 are pivotally connected to the plate 9, adapted to fit in the slotted portion 2 of the supportingstandard and to be secured therein by means of a pin or bolt 10, passed through holes 11 'made in opposite sides of the standard 1 and through ahole 12 made centrally in the plate 9. The plates thus attached to the inner ends of the two arms are placedside by side in the slotted portion 2 of the standard, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and the plate is prevented from turning upon the attached bolt or pin 2 by means of the two prongs or pins 13 and which extend from aconnectingplate 1i and pass through holes 15 made in opposite sides of the standard and through 1 For the purpose of holding the two arms I an elevated or lowered position and at any point between the highest andlowest position to which the arms may be adjusted Iprovide what, for convenience, I will designate as a stance is composed oftwo members 1 8 and 19, one telescoping within the other and proi vided with a set-screw 20, by which the two adjustments. The outer end of the member 19 is connected by a pivot-pin 21 to one or the other of the ears or eyes 22, according as the arm is placed so as to have its curve upward, g as shown by full lines in Fig. 1, or with the curve of the arm downward, as shown by dot- The inner end of the member 18 is attached by a pivot-pin 23 to an ear 2i, projecting from a sleeve 25,

which encircles the standard 1., which sleeve i will be held in an y of its vertical adjustments By this means the armsi which carry the candle-holders can be safely held in any of the various positions to which ted lines in the same figure.

by a set-screw 26.

they may be adjusted.

The-top-of thes-tandard 1 will be surmounted by a cap 27, which may be screwed onto the I top of the standard,-and this cap may be provid-ed with a-threaded stem 28, onto which the central candle-socket 29 may be screwed.

to thestandard, as specified, many variations in the arrangement of the arms may be-se-.

curedand as many different-effects produced. For instance, the two arms may be arranged as shown in full lines in Fig. 1 of the d nawings, and thus be made to describe a compound curve. may 'be adjusted to difi'erent positions in a Either or both of these arms vertical line, thus producing different effiects. r

The construction also admits-of the arms being supported in position so that they may curve downwardly, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or, if desired to have both arms-curve upwardly, they can be inverted or placed in position so that the arm different vertical positions and securely held in their adjustment by means of the telescoping braces described. In whatever position the arms may be arranged, and at whatever angle they may be supported to the standard 1, the candle sockets or holders 7 will maintain their vertical position.

By constructing the plates 5 so that the candle-sockets 7 may be attached at either of the two opposite points indicated by the threaded parts in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whatever be the position of the arms the plate will always be in readiness to receive the candle-socket, and, if desired, some of the candlesockets can be made to extend from the upper part of their supporting-plates and others may be pendent from the lower part of the s11=pporti=ng-plates,-as occasion or desire may dictate. brace or support 17, which in this ini I have illustrated and described with par v ticularity the preferred details of construction and arrangement of the several parts,

i but it is obvious that changes can be made members can be held in any of their telescopic therein without departing from the essential features of the invention. 7

Having described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim is 1-. In a-candelabrum, the combination of a supporting-standard, and curved arms supported thereon and detachable therefrom to adapt the arms to -=curve in different directions as desired, each arm consisting of two parallel curved bars pivotally connected together by plates, said plates h'avin g means at both top' a'nd bottom adapted to support candle sockets or holders and adapted to always maintainsaid socketsor holders in a vertical position, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a candelabruqn, the combination of a supportingstandard, adjustable and reversible arms secured thereto, each arm consisting-of two paral lel curved bars pivotally con- 1 nected together by plates adapted to support By curving the arms, as described, and reni deri-ng them easily detachable and attach-able j candle socketsor holders from either the conv cave or the convex face of the arm, and a telescoping brace for'each arm hinged at one end to a part of the supporting-standard and provided at the opposite end with means admitting of the brace being hinged to either the concave or the convex side of the curved L arm accordiing to the side that may be turned down, substantiallyas and for the purposes I described.

In a candelabrum, the combination-of a supporting standard, adjustable arms socured thereto and consisting each of twoparallel curved bars pivotally connected together by plates adapted to support candle holders or sockets, means for detachably securing said arms to the standard to permit them to be inverted, a telescopic supporting-brace for supporting-standard and the plates to which each arm, and an adjustable sleeve on the the arms are pivoted, substantially as and supporting-standard to which the inner ends for the purposes described.

of the telescoping braces are hinged, sub- In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 stantially as and for the purposes described. in presence of two Witnesses.

4. In a candelabrum, the combination of a JOHN MARKOWTSKY supporting-standard, adjustable arms pivotally attached at one end to suitable plates, Witnesses:

and a locking device consisting of a plate BENJAMIN N. BALDWIN, 10 provided with two pins extendingthrough the H. LE ROY APPLEGATE. 

